Amusement device



May 4 1926. 1,583,753

G. E. GooDFELLow l AMUS EMENT DEVI CE Filed oct. 2, 19:25v

Greene@ F. C-oopreuon Patented May 4, 19.26.

UNITED STATES PATENT? OFFICE.

GEORGE `In.v GoonEELLow, or EASADENA, ,CALIFeinen;J Assrenon oE- oN'ELn'AnE To l v' n. E. HICKS, or SAN nrneo, GALIFQRNIA. g

AM'USEMENT nEyIcE.

Application med october a, 1925.V Serin' N. 60,907.

T all whommay concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. GooDEEL- Low,'a citizen of the United States, residing I. the following is a specification.

means by which `carriages can be divertedmeans in form of pulleys operatively con` nected by a flexible member, as a belt, inv

This invention relates to devices alfording amusement to people by carrying and transporting the people over and through an unexpected course of action.

One of the objectsof thisinvention is to provide a device with several turntables Von and over which a suitable number of car- Yriages may be operated while people are in` the carriages. i

Another object is to provide operating means for rotating the turntables in certain directions in relation to one another.

Another object is to provide controlling' of tubs V5 are held means by which carriages can be diverted and directed from one to another of the turntables.` 'v

Another object isv to provide controllingmeans by which carriages can be diverted and transported in a certain ferent turntables.v v

Another object is to provide controlling path over dif- ,and transported in, a certain path over all the different `turntables "from one end of the( cooperating combination of turntables to the n railing near the entrance 9; so that tubs may be moved1fromtheir storingzor inoperative other end` in a certain course of action. f Other objects will appear from the following description and appended claims as well*v accompanying drawing, ini` as from the whichl Fig. 1 is a fragmentary top plan view of a struc-ture with a number of turntables, operating, and controlling means, embodying the invention in a simple form.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view -of operating combination'with adriving means by which one shaft can be rotated'so that such rotating motion can be transmitted to the several ing' and actuating means, on approximately v line 3-3 ofV Fig. l.'

Fig. 4 is a fra mentary 'side elevation' of control-levers an connections. v'

Using carriages or so-called'tubs,xillus itrated -in vertical section in Fig. 3,k and roughly outlined in top plan view in Fig. l,

as indicated at 5, for seating people, to be transporting is accomplished andfacilitated l entertained and transported thereby, such a carriagesor tubs 5 are preferably provided vvwith-casters lor likev means in' their underi sides, Yas indicated at 8 in Fig. 3, to facilitatevr arolling or 'moving of the carriages or tubs. IAt the entranceor othersrmllar suitable place, as indicated at 9,' a suitable `number 1n' readinessI to be used 1n 1 0 are provided a suitable distance above the surface of the stationary floor or base 11 of the device, so as to encircle the rotating and movable turntables, as illustrated in Figs. 1

and 3.

An inlet opening 12 isv provided in the positionat 9 towards one of the. rotating turntables.

Once placed upon one it ismerely a matter of manipulating the control mechanism of the device so that the tub is diverted yfrom one to another of the turntables. y

The control mechanism embodies controlarms 18, which areV preferably disposedl at approximately the same llevel with the railings 10, to form a part of the railings, forming at the same time the gates between thel several compartments above the several turntables. Y To distinguish between the several turntables T andthe tubs disposed overor on suchturntables, a lletter will be'addedto yof the turntables,

against the railing 10.

the different numerals, though the turntables may be all alike and the tubs may be all alike. The first turntable next to the entrance 12 will therefore hereafter be called 7 a, the next following will be 7b, and so on, though in general the tubs may still be referred to as the tubs 5, and the turn- `tables'asturntable's 6 and T.v

The tub 5a, being-on the turntable*7a,V

moves with the turntable whenever the turntable is rotated, and, if the turntable is ro-vv the tub is rotated about its own axis in addition to lbeing moved in the turntable 7 a. f

The central turntable 6 may be rotated in the direction of the arrow 15, while the outer T turntables may be rotated in the directions indicated by the arrows 14, 16, 17,

a circular path on r18 and 19.

While the tubs are so moved in a circular path on the diderent turntables,the dif- -ferent control-arms or gates 13 may be opened or closed. Y

If one of the control-arms or'gates 1s moved in or across the path of the circulating tubs in the compartments on any ofl the 1 turntables T, as for instance the arm 13e in relation to the turntable 7 e, any tub located in this compartment is diverted and caused to move into the central compartment over the central turntable 6, as indicated by the circles 5f.

If, on the other hand, one of the gates is turned into the path of the circulating tubs on the central turntable 6, any tub located on the central turntable at such a moment is thereby diverted and caused to move into 'rotating movement of that particular outer turntable as illust-rated by the gates 13e in relation to the arrow 19; while for receiving tubs in one of the outercompartments the gate is moved to point in the direction of the rotating of that particular turntable,

as illustrated and indicated by the gates 13,J

`Yin relation to the arrow 16.

Any number of tubs 5 `can be diverted into one of the outer compartmentsover one of the turntables T, and any one of the tubs 6, then to the turntable 7 d, then again to the central turntable 6, then to the turntable 7 e, then again to the central turntable 6, and then at last from the central turntable 6 back to the starting place at l.9, to pass through a complete courseof action.

A certain tub may also be movedand directed back and forth between two adjoining compartments over any of the turntables without or before being allowed to follow up a certain path through the whole structure, and such a tub may be returned to the first turntable by suitable manipulations.

As illustrated in Fig. 4, one control-arm 13 is mounted on the central shaft 20, while another arm is mounted on a tubular member 21, surrounding the shaft 20. Y Actuating levers 22 serve to control the shaft 20 and tube 21, and thereby serve to control the arms or gates 13.

allows a handling of the control-arms or gates 13b through the connecting rods 24 and through the levers 22h. Suchv control-levers may be provided above or below the turntables for each of the gates.

A number of pulleys 25 are illustrated in Fig. 2, operatively interconnected by a ilexible member 26, for rotating the turntableshafts 27. Theshaft 28 of the central turntable 6 is actuated by gear or other similar motion transmitting means 2S, to transmit the rotating motion from the main shaft 30 to the several shafts 27.

I The directions of rotation ofthe turntables in Fig.V 1 are the result of transmitting the rotating motion from the shaft 30 to `the turntables in the manner as illustrated in Fig. 2, as indicated by the arrows and corresponding numerals.

To reverse the direction of rotation of one or more of the turntables, the flexible member can merely be placed in the manner as indicated at 26a so as to result in a rotating of the turntable 7b in the `direction of the arrow indicated at 34 ingF ig. 2.

Fig. 3 illustrates a simple form of mountl ing the turntables, the shaft 27 being mountedon the bearing 32, and being also mounted in the bearing 33, both bearings being The control-lever 23 illustrated iny Fig. 1v

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mounted on the frame structure 31. *f

turntables is illustrated in Fig. 5. vFriction wheels 35, the rotation of the'oney Wheel 35 in the direction of the arrow 39 re.

sults in a rotating of the wheel 36 in the direction indicated by the arrow 40, by which the second wheel 35 is rotated in the direction indicated by the arrow 41. On

shifting the frame 38 in the opposite rection, so that the wheels 37 operatively 1nterconnect the two wheels 35, a rotating of the one wheel in the same direction in'- dicated by the arrow'39 results in a rotating of the second ywheel 35 in thefopposite direction as indicated by the arrow 44, through the action of the inserted wheels 37, the first wheel 37 receiving a rotating movement in the direction'of the arrow 42, and the second wheel 37 receiving a rotating movement in the direction of the arrow 43.

The entry-opening 12 is not absolutely necessary, since the tubs may be started from the inoperative position at 9 by being first moved throughv the gates -13 into they central compartment over thev turntable 6, and` from there transferred to the several turntables T. On the other hand, if the turntables are to be operated at such a speed that the tubs might escape through the opening 12 during the normal operation, contrary to the intended control by the gates 13, additional gates are provided in such a case for the opening 12 as well as for the outlet opening at the opposite side from the starting place 9. Of course, ythe outlet opening 45, too, is not absolutely neces- 4o Y sary, andthe tubs may bel discharged, as indicated at 5f, and from the central turn-- table 6 back to the place 9 through the gates 13.

Having thus described my invention, Il?

claim: c

l. In an amusement device,turntables disl posed to rotate in certain directions, tubs free to move around their own axes and movable over the turntables and adaptedl to be actuated by the frictional contact between the underside of the tubs and the top surface of the turntables, and controlling` means Y for holding, diverting, and directing the tubs over the turntables. Y

2. In an amusement device, turntables, a frame structure for holding theturntables to rotate around their individual axes, means for rotating the di'erent turntables in certain directions in relation to oneanother,

tubs for seating peoplev supported by the turntables and movable thereon, railings on the frame structure encircling the turntables having openings by which'the tubs can enter and leave the turntables within the encircling railings, gates in the openings of `the railings by which the tubs can be held to rotate on the turntables within the railings and by whichthe tubs can be diverted into and out of the compartments formedy by the railings and by the gates onthe turntables,and controlling means for holding,A

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name.

GEORGE P. GOODFELLOW. 

